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iPORT ON ORGANIZING, MAINTENANCE,
PHYSICAL SITE IMPROVEMENT
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FUNDRAISING
STRATEGIES
FOR THE
SOUTH END-LOWER ROXBURY
NEIGHBORHOOD OPEN SPACE
LAND TRUST
Prepared
for
The Boston Redevelopment Authority
and
The Trust for Public Land
by
Boston Urban Gardeners, Inc.
February, 1990
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AUTHORITY
aymond L. Flynn Stephen Coyle
)ne Citv Hall Square ioston." MA 02201 617) 722-4300
March 9, 1990
Dear South End Resident:
After nearly a year of f ^i-^ed co^unity m^^H' ^ZTitT^t^n
Trust for Public Land (TPL) in June of 1989.
>-^^.Ti the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) asked ?|jro rr^arire'^=:SSu^rty-.ased planning effort last y^ the goal of establishing a "^fhanism to preserve vario
co»>2nity gardens as P-"'^"^"^ °?^^„|f "li°L rSstSenS have present and future South End residents. ^= ^ land
?-^f thi^wlll oS^.Tan^ge^Vpgrare-^rnS Sitain the nine sites identified for preservation last year.
BKA staff -=>r? -i-ttr-SefoL^oSr^oI^d'of di"rtcifrr!A '"'
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redeveloper of the various sites P^^°J^o ^^^J . ^o join
the land. Before moving f^^^^^'^^^f hardens This community
us for a presentation on plans for the garaens.
meeting is scheduled as follows:
DATE: Thursday, March 22, 1990
TTMF* 7:00p.m«
place: Washington Manor Community Room
Pi^oi.. ^^^^ Washington Street, South End
If you have ..n^^M^^ti^ ^^°-\f vl2-:30r (extt^nvB)'' "^'''^ Faria, senior project manager, at 722 4300 {exx..
I hope you will share our enthusiasm for this plan to preserve much-needed South End open space.
Sincerely,
fhomas jKO'Malley
Assistant Director for
Neighborhood Housing and Development
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Table of Contents
I. Introduction
II. Community Organizing
Record of General Correspondence and Meeting Notices
Record of Resource Workshop
Record of Open Space Clean-up Day
Record of Land Trust Update Meeting and Potluck Dinner
in. General Maintenance Strategy
Handouts/Notes/Garden Rules
IV. Capital Improvements and Fundraising Strategy
V. Design Improvement Strategy
Location Map of Sites
VI. Location Map, Schematic Design, Physical Site Improvement Strategy and Membership List for Individual Sites
Dartmouth Street Community Park
Gazebo Community Garden (Rutland and Washington Streets)
Lenox/Kendail Community Garden
Parcel 33-B Community Garden (Northampton Street)
Tenants' Development Corporation Community Garden (West Springfield Street)
Warren Avenue Community Garden
Wellington Green
Worcester Street Community Garden
Introduction
On June 29, 1989, the Boston Redevelopment Authority Board of Directors voted to approve tentative designation of eight BRA-owned parcels of land in the South End/Lower Roxbury neighborhood to the Trust for Public Land as public open space. Five of these parcels had been used by residents as community gardens for more than a decade. These include the Lenox- Kendall Community Garden on Tremont Street, the Worcester Street Community Garden, the Warren Avenue-Clarendon Street Community Garden, the West Springfield Street Community Garden, and the Rudand- Washington Street or "Gazebo" Community Garden.
Also included were a small vacant lot at the comer of Columbus Avenue and Wellington Street, .which the community would like to develop as a sitting park, a small, landscaped park on Dartmouth Street between Montgomery Street and Warren Avenue, and a vacant lot on Northampton Street, which the Worcester Square Neighborhood Association, Grant Manor Tenants, and the South End Garden Project plan to transform as a new community garden.
Designation of the eight parcels came with a challenge from the BRA to the community. Over the next eighteen months, those concerned about the long-term future of these South End/Lower Roxbury open spaces would work together to form a neighborhood "land trust" capable of holding tide to and improving these community resources. The Trust for Public Land, a national non-profit land preservation group, spearheaded the effort, in conjunction with neighborhcKxi residents and associations such as the South End Master Planning Working Group and the South End Garden Project.
The Trust for Public Land contracted with Boston Urban Gardeners to participate in the effort to form a neighborhood open space land trust as a result of Boston Urban Gardeners' longstanding relationships and previous work with gardeners and neighborhood open space advocates in the South End/Lower Roxbury area. Specifically, Boston Urban Gardeners was hired to:
• set up a series of preliminary community meetings to explain the proposed land trust concept and the process for forming the new organization;
• assist in building a strong community consensus and attracting a broad-based, multi-ethnic, multi-talented group of active participants to work with TPL;
• assist in strengthening community garden organizations as necessary;
• work with TPL to develop a phased fundraising strategy for implementation of proposed capital improvements and to identify possible sources of funding;
• develop a general maintenance strategy for the eight open spaces; and
• work with TPL and the Soudi End Garden Project to set up a garden-by-garden design and capital improvements process resulting in schematic plans and suggested improvements for each site.
This report reflects the work of Boston Urban Gardeners from July through December of 1989 and represents, to the best of our ability, the plans and desires of the community for the emerging neighborhood open space land trust.
Community Organizing
Boston Urban Gardeners has been working in the South End/Lower Roxbury neighborhood for almost 14 years. In that time, it has worked with residents both to develop community gardens and to assess the open space needs of the community under contract to the Boston Redevelopment Authority. When challenged to work with the community to help create a "neighborhood open space land trust," Boston Urban Gardeners first turned to the established community open space leaders -- garden coordinators and officers of the five community gardens, interested neighbors of the open spaces, and the officers of the South End Garden Project.
The First Organizational Meeting: Sharing Perspectives
An initial meeting of these key community leaders was held on August 17, 1989, to discuss and plan the process for the next 18 months. Garden coordinators from all five existing community gardens were finally able to share common knowledge and difficulties, and everyone learned more about the BRA's challenge and the unified effort it would take to meet it
The Second Meeting: Information and Planning
A second informational and planning meeting was held on September 14 to review the process for newcomers and to form two working committees, one focusing on "Garden Improvements" and the other on the "Legal Structure" of the new land trust. From September through December, Boston Urban Gardeners worked closely with the Garden Improvements committee on developing a general landscape improvements and maintenance strategy for the land trust and to set up meetings with the constituencies of each open space to discuss site specific ideas.
The Fall Garden Clean-Up
As a step to increasing self-sufficiency among South End/Lower Roxbury garden and open space groups, Boston Urban Gardeners organized and conducted an evening workshop on utilizing resources and volunteers in late October. A very successful neighborhood-wide "fall garden clean-up" on Saturday, November 4th proved the newly- acquired organizational skills invaluable. Over fifty volunteers worked with gardeners and neighbors at six of the open spaces, collecting hundreds of garbage bags of garden debris and preparing the sites for winter. The Boston Parks and Recreation Department and other public agencies provided welcome help with trash collection.
Holiday Design Presentations and Neighborhood Pot Luck
On December 12th, gardeners and neighbors of the eight tentatively designated open spaces were invited to a South End/Lower Roxbury Open Space Land Trust update and open house. At this progress repon and potluck dinner, both the Trust for Public Land and Boston Urban Gardeners presented a brief overview of the work accomplished by the community in the first six months of the challenge period. Schematic designs and a list of proposed landscape improvements for each site were on display, and people were able to discuss their hopes and concerns with each other and representatives from the BRA. The Trust for Public Land also presented its work with gardeners and interested neighborhood residents on creating the legal structure for the Land Trust.
Record of General Correspondence and Meeting Notices
THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND BOSTON URBAN GARDENERS SOUTH END GARDEN PROJECT
August 10, 1989
Dear
In case you haven't heard, we have great news to share. On June 29th, the BRA Board of Directors voted to protect eight coimnunity open spaces in the South End/Lower Roxbury neighborhood, five of which are community gardens. These sites are:
Worcester Street Community Garden
Warren Avenue-Clarendon Street Community Garden
Rutland-Washington Street or the "Gazebo" Garden
Lenox-Kendall Community Garden
West Springfield Street Community Garden
Parcel 3 3B on Northhampton Street (to be a community garden)
The small vacant lot at the corner of Wellington Street and
Columbus Avenue, v/ith a cherry tree (perhaps a
seating park) The small landscaped area on Dartmouth Street near the
Mackey School, planted and maintained by residents
However, our work is only just now beginning. We have an 18 month challenge ahead to prove to the BRA that we can come together to create what they are thinking of as a "South End/Lower Roxbury Neighborhood Open Space Land Trust" , a group capable of holding title to and improving these neighborhood spaces.
In the interim time, the Trust For Public Land, which is a national non-profit land preservation group with a Boston office, will work with neighborhood residents and associations, community gardeners, the South End Master Planning Working Group, the South End Garden Project, and Boston Urban Gardeners to set up the South End Neighborhood Open Space Land Trust (or whatever people want it to be) . Once this group, which may be an expanded South End Garden Project, is in place, the Trust For Public Land will request the BRA to grant the Land Trust final designation for the parcels.
Over the next 18 months, we will be working with you and with other community residents and gardeners to create this new group — which will be what you want it to be, in order to meet the BRA'S challenge to us. This work will include community organizing, landscape improvement and capital improvement plans, maintenance plans and the development of a long-term fundraising strategy in cooperation with the South End Garden Project.
There will be a smallish meeting of key people (garden coordinators and other interested people) to talk about setting up a process for the next 18 months, and to go into more detail about what we need to do. The meeting will be on Thursday, August 17, at 7:30 p.m. at SNAP (South End Neighborhood Action Program, Inc.), 554 Columbus Avenue. Please don't hesitate to call with any questions you may have in the meantime, or to invite other key people from your garden if you think they would like to come.
Also, Boston Urban Gardeners has several summer work-study students who will be going out to measure and draw maps of the gardens and open spaces to help us plan later on for improvements. You may see them out there. If you do, please give them a hand or just say hello.
If you can't come on the 17th, be sure to send another representative from your garden. (We'd be glad to offer people a ride home . )
^John Feingold
Trust For Public Land
Eleanor Strong
South End Garden Project
Charlotte Kahn & Julie Stone Boston Urban Gardeners
MEETING AGENDA AUGUST 17, 1989 7:30 p.m.
I. Introductions/Roiind Robin
II. History and Background of South End Gardens Charlotte Kahn, Boston Urban Gardeners
III. Beginning a FVocess to Respond to the Opportunity to make the Gardens Permanent John Feingold, Trust for Public Land
IV. Slide Show: "The Potential for Community Garden Development," J\alie Stone, Boston Urban Gardeners
V. Working Committee Formation
VI. Open Discussion
• THE TRUST FOR PUBUC LAND
• BOSTON URBAN GARDENERS
• SOUTH END GARDEN PROJECT
September 7, 1989
Dear Friend,
The first informational meeting about improving and making permanent eight of the Boston Redevelopment Authority-o>vned properties (5 community gardens and 3 open spaces) in the South End/Lovvrer Roxbury w^as held on August 17th at SNAP. It wras 'w^ell attended and began the process of developing an organization of gardeners, community residents and neighborhood leaders capable of meeting the BRA challenge of assuming owmership of the properties and developing a plan to manage, maintain, and improve them. At this meeting, we also initiated plans to have a tour of the designated properties.
If you or anyone you know is interested in helping form this organization, going on the tour, or simply has questions or wants to listen and find out w^hat this is all about, please come to the next meeting. It v^ll be held in the conference room of United South End Settlements (USES), 566 Columbus Avenue, at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, September 14.
For your information, we are including a reprint of the first letter -we sent out that describes more fully the BRA's challenge and the process for the next 18 months.
Looking forward to seeing those of you v/ho ^A^ere at the last meeting and to meeting new faces. We hope to see you there.
A
Sincerely,
John Feingold ^^ Trust for Public Land
Oeanor Strong
South End Garden Project
Charlotte Kahn & Julie Stone Boston Urban Gardeners
MEETING AGENDA SEPTEMBER 14, 1989
I. Introductions
II. Updates
III. Brief explanation at BRA challenge:
Role of: i). South End gardeners and residents
2). Organizations: The Trust for Ptiblic Land, Boston Urban Gardeners, South End Garden Project
IV. Committee formation
Legal Structure/non-profit
Geurden Improvements (garden by garden representation)
V. Defining the group: "South End Ad Hoc Open Space Committee"
VI. Slides
VII. Tour of gardens:
Two tentative dates: Sunday, September 24 (afternoon)
Weekday mioming
VIII. Fall South End garden clean-up and bulb planting and/or tree planting in memory of South End friends on November 4 th:
Gardeners, neighborhood association. City Year volionteers
• TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND
• BOSTON URBAN GARDENERS
• SOUTH END GARDEN PROJECT
Dear South End gardener/resident,
As you probably Know by now, the Boston Redevelornent Authority has recently voted to approve tentative designation of eight BRA- Qwncd parcels in the South End/Lower Roxbury neighborhood as permanent open space. At the September 14th meeting oi South End gardeners and residents interested in planning for the future of these parcels, a Garden Improvements Committee was formed.
This committee will be discussing potential garden improvements (for example: arbors, seating, water systems, pathways, etc.) for each site. Eventually, the committee will help facilitate garden by garden meetings so that all members can plan and design improvements for their space. We very much want at least one representative from each site on this committee!
The first meeting of the Garden Improvement Committee will be:
Tliursday, September 28 at 6:00 p.m.
in the library. United South End Settlements
566 Columbus Avenue
If you were not able to attend the Sept. 14th meeting but would like to join the committee, please come and feel free to bring other interested gardeners or residents. We look, forward to seeing you there!
Finally, for those of you who are interested but may not have heard, there will be a tour of the gardens on Tuesday, September 26th at 10:00 a.m., beginning at the garden on the corner of Rutland and Washington Streets (the "Gazebo Garden"). If you would like to come but need a ride, please call Julie at Boston Urban Gardeners between 9:00 and 9:30 on Tuesday morning to arrange transportation. 6-^3-^' -74-^-7}
THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND October, 1989
BOSTON URBAN GARDENERS SOUTH END GARDEN PROJECT
South End Neighborhood Open Space Land Trust Update
On June 29th, the BRA Board of Directors voted to protect eight community open spaces in the South End/Lower Roxbury neighborhood, five of which are community gardens. These sites are:
Worcester Street Community Garden
Warren Avenue-Clarendon Street Community Garden
Rutland- Washington Street or the "Gazebo" Garden
Lenox- Kendall Community Garden
West Springfield Street Community Garden
Parcel 33B on Northampton Street (to be a community garden)
The small vacant lot at the corner of Wellington Street and Columbus
Avenue, -with a cherry tree The small neighborhood park on Dartmouth Street near the Mackey
School, planted vnth shrubs and trees and maintained by
residents
In June, the community received an 18-month challenge to prove to the BRA that v/e can come together to create what they are thinking of as a "South End/Lo"wer Roxbury Neighborhood Open Space Land Trust, " a group capable of holding title to and improving these neighborhood spaces — in other -words, becoming the ne-w land o"wner. The Trust for Public Land, which is a national non-profit land preservation group with a Boston office, the South End Garden Project, and Boston Urban Gardeners are working with community residents in a joint effort to help organize this new land trust.
This fall, many activities are taking place to move this process forward, including the following:
1.) T"wo committees have been formed:
• A "legal structure" committee has been formed and is meeting to plan the legal structure of the potential land trust (w^ith one person from each site included);
• A "design improvements" committee has formed to coordinate solicitation of garden resources, fundraising, and coordination of garden improvements;
If you -want to be a part of the legal structure group, please contact John Feingold at the Trust for Public Land at 451-7208. If you'd like to join the garden improvement committee, call Julie Stone at Boston Urban Gardeners, 423-7497.
2.) Garden by garden meetings are being held to discuss improvements at each site and to make preliminary design and maintenance improvement plans.
By the end of December, our goal is to have:
• plans for improvements at each site -with general funding strategy;
• a maintenance strategy for the open spaces in the proposed land trust;
• a strategy for strengthening each individual garden organization.
During 1990, your garden group will continue to work, with the Trust for Public Land, the other gardeners, and the Boston Redevelopment Authority to create the land trtist. The ERA'S decision to protect eight parcels of land within the increasingly dense South End/Lo-wer Roxbury neighborhood will ensure a higher quality of life for all community residents. In order to keep the gardens and open spaces accessible for everyone, we urge you to get involved and help to improve these valuable resources.
This vy^hole project is a model for not only Boston but for urban gardeners throughout the country. We need to get involved in this challenging and exciting approach to community ownership of garden and small open spaces in city neighborhoods. Please join in. We need vou!
IMPORTANT GARDEN MEETING!
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20 AT 3 : 30 P . M .
IN THE LIBRARY
AT UNITED SOUTH END SETTLEMENTS
566 COLUMBUS AVENUE
* Do you have ideas that would make your garden an even nicer space?
* Do you want to help plan for improvements in your garden — arbors, pathi(/ays, w^ater system updates, seating areas?
* If you do, please come to this important meeting !
AND SAVE THESE DATES
Tuesday, October 24
Gardeners Resource Workshop
6:00 p.m. at United South End Settlements
Saturday, November 4 Garden Clean-up, 10:00 to 4:00
D^ar W;-£t Epringfisid Etr^ct Community 'jarasner,
Dc you have ideas that v/ould make your garden an even nicer space? Dc you v/ant to help plan for improvemenrs m your garden — arbors, path'vvays, v/ater svstem updates, seating areas"' If you do, please ccme :c an important garden meeting on Frioday, October 20th.
As you may knov/, Boston Urban Gardeners has been working ■^//ith the South End Garden Project and the Trust for Public Land to create a "South End/Lower Roxbury Open Space Land Trust, " a group that could be land o^A.'^er£ for the community open spaces in the South End and v/ork to improve them, (if you haven't heard about it, please see the update sheet included with this letter and get involved!) The West Springfield Street garden is one of the selected sites that could be given by the city to the South End neighborhood land trust when it is formed.
As part of our vv^ork, Boston Urban Gardeners' staff landscape architect, Nadine Gerdts, and com.munity garden organizer, Julie Stone, are available to ■^//ork v/ith individual garden groups to develop plans for garden improvements, both for the short and long-term. During the summer and fall, we have been drawing garden maps of the existing conditions. Nov/ we need to meet with you to develop vour ideas for the West Springfield Street garden. It's also important to have drawings and plans to prove to the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA), the city authority that owns these open spaces, that the gardeners are ready to join in a Land Trust designated as owner of the parcels
We have been working with your garden coordinator and have scheduled a meeting of the West Springfield garden for Friday, October 20 at 3.30 p.m. m the library at United South End Settlements, 566 columbus Avenue, We very much hope you will be able to attend and join in planning for the future of your garden. If you can't come but would like to be involved in the planning process, please don't hesitate to call Nadine or Julie at the Boston Urban Gardeners office, 423-74'?7.
We look forward to meeting with you as we 'vvork to establish your garden as a permanent open space resource for your neighborhood.
Sincerely,
^^co
Julie Stone Nadine Gerdts
Garden Resource Organizer Landscape Architect
Record of Resource Workshop
October 16, 1989
Dear Garden Coordmator,
On October 24, we are offering a garden resource workshop for gardeners This workshop will focus on the following
• how to locate and work with volunteers to help with special garden projects, such as fall clean-ups or building garden pathv/ays and beds,
• how to take advantage of available city services, such as the Parks Department garden trash pick-up;
• how to make the most of donations, such as plants from local nurseries.
The informational workshop will be held on Tuesday evening, October 24th at 6 00 p m at United South End Settlements (formally the Harriet Tubman House) located at 566 Columbus Avenue
The training will be put to use on Saturday, November 4th at a FALL GARDEN CLEAN-UP when City Year, a volunteer service corps, will provide volunteers for all interested community garden groups! On that day, we will have garbage bags and supplies available to garden clean-up vs^orkcrs, and wc will arrange trash pick-up.
You and at least one other gardener from your community garden must attend this garden workshop (or make arrangements to send someone in your place) to be eligible for not only the volunteers, but for supplies and trash pick-up from the city on November 4th. ;
Please call to let us know who will be attending this workshop from your garden -- we can ans^A'er any questions you might have at that time.
We arc looking forward to working with you!
Sincerely,
lMAj)A^y
Julie Stone
Boston Urban Gardener?
Lisa Morrison
Liaison to Community Gardens
Boston Parks and Recreation Department
How to Use RESOURCES
A step— by— step guide for neighborhood open space groups
What are resources?
♦ Resources can be people — volunteers of all ages, both skilled and unskilled;
♦ Resovirces can be services, sxich as trash pick-up, rototilling, or technical assistance (leuidscape des^n, landscape construction, etc.);
♦ Resoiirces can be donations of plants or of materials such as soil, compost, or wood chips.
Resources can be solicited from the both the public sector (like the city government) and the private sector (such as banks, land- scape companies, unions etc.).
Volunteers can also be y>]int.ad from both the public sector and the private sector. Some examples of volunteer groups are:
Public: The JFK Library Corps Private: Banks City Year Schools
Massachtisetts Half-Way Church groups
Houses
How do we use resources?
l). Decide what needs to be done.
First, ask your group, "What needs to be done that we can't do ourselves or that we need ewsistance with?" Do you have elderly people or hsuidicapped gardeners that need a hand? Are there jobs that require technical expertise, special eqmpment and people who know how to use it, a large group of people, or just plain muscle?
Tasks might include:
♦ assisting in fall or spring clean-ups;
♦ planting trees or fall bulbs;
♦ btiilding or repairing existing garden beds; or
♦ mulching pathways.
(Regular maintenance tasks are usucdly done by the group without volionteers except in the case of elderly or handicapped gardeners.)
2.) After you have agreed upon the task or job to be done, then target the volunteers/company/technical expert that you think can help you. Here's an example:
Your group has decirieH that it needs a volunteer pTDup of about 10 people to help elderly gardeners at a fall clean-up work day. What are the steps you need to take?
a.) Locate a voliinteer group willir^ to help you (one with the ^lci11» or muscle power you need) and set a date for the work day.
b) . Decide what tools, supplies and materials you will need to do the job. Do you have the necessary supplies? If not, you may need to solicit "in-kind" support (in-kind support includes services and donated resources. . .almost anything but money) . You may look for ways to get donated woodchips, garbage bags, tools, etc. from local hardware stores or community organizations. Tell potential donors about your project and how they can help you with a specific request.
c.) Decide who will be in chcurge of the workday. (It might be your garden coordinator.) The person in charge will be the contact for the volunteer group and will be responsible for the success or failure of the project. He or she will also be responsible for COORDINATING THE OTHER GROUP MEMBERS TO SUPPORT AND WORK on the project. She/he will need to delegate or divide up the jobs among the group members and FOLLOW UP TO MAKE SUFiE THEY ARE DONE.
Task could include:
♦ meeting the volunteers and orienting them to your site
♦ locating and arranging for supplies, tools and in-kind services
♦ providing refreshments or lunch to volionteers
♦ alertir^ the media, such as local newspapers
♦ writing theuik-you letters after the event
d.) Lastly, be prompt when meeting volunteers (they might be late, having never been to your neighborhood before, but XQil should be on time) and take time to explain a little about yotir garden and the pojple who use it. Make the volunteers feel useful and helphil — you may need their help again some day.
Important tips:
♦ Remember how important it is to say "thank you' for donations, volxinteers, and other resources.
♦ When you ask a business or company to give you something, remember that nothing is free — they generally want something in retxam. They might want to be acknowledged in the local paper, recognized by a public official, etc. Sometimes this isn't possible, but when it is, use it to yovir advantage.
♦ Try not to keep asking the same person to help out — this is a big city with lots of resources!
VOLUNTEER PROJECT INFORMATION FORM
Name of Project (or community garden):
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Site (community garden) contact person: Name: |
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Phone (plus home phone or weekend phone):
Name of volunteer group (or individual):
Number of volunteers needed (maximum and minimum):
Volunteer contact:
Name:
Address:
Phone (plus home phone or weekend phone):
Tasks (please describe):
Needs — tools, supplies, services, food:
Directions to site by subway and by car:
Other contact people:
lUistoii
Raymond L. Flynn, Mayor
jston Par]cs and Racraation is available to assist ocDmunity gardeners in the magement of their gardens. So far we are WDrJcing with twenty gardens around le city to help them keep their gardens neat and productive. There's roan for >re gardens to particdpate. Call us for:
^ring and Fall garden cleanups
- free trashbags
- garden tools to borrcw
- volxmteers to help
- trash pickup
Regular trash picki;^ throu^iout growing season Free ■TiTTiMiq to plant oomnon areas of the garden* Flree woodchips and horse manure* (*Lijnitad availability and limitPid delivery)
HELP in working with other city agencies on ocmnunity garden issues
11 Lisa Morrison at 725-4505, ext. 6522 to taka advantage of these services, you cannot reach wts, please leave a message and I will return your caHl.
u can call seme city agencies directly for help with ocmnon problans:
Boston Water and Sewer Ocomission - 330-9400
for breaks in the water line outside of the garden
Inspectional Services - 442-4216 for rodent control
Public Facilities Departiaent - 725-3570
for information on the Grassroots Program,
which funds the creation of new gardens and major rehabilitation
of eiri sting gardens, like the Berlceley Street renovation
Municipal Police - 725-DDMP
to report illegal dmping in the garden
Boston Police - call the aiiimmity service officer at your local station to let the Police knew where your gzurden is and that you would like to see it patrolled regulairly. Call 911 to report criminal activity
JS^T] Lawrence A. Dwyer/Commissioner/Parks and Recreation Department/iOiO Mass Ave /Boston, MA 021
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Record of Open Space Clean-Up Day
November 4th Garden CJcan-up Contacts
1.) Rutland/Washington Garden (1561-1585 Washington Street) Eleanor Strong 262-6438
164 W BrooKline Alternate:
2.) West Springfield Garden (104-112 West Springfield) Mary Longley 445-8317 (w)
498 Columbus Ave. (home) 663 Massachusetts Ave. (worlc) Alternate: Esselinc Salesman 267-9686
3.) Worcester Street Garden (between Columbus and Tremont) Amos Williams 266-8058
771 Tremont Street
Alternate: Barbara Hoffman 536-7551 199 West Springfield
4.) Warren/Clarendon (corner of Warren/Clarendon) Trudy Duffy 482-5853
57 Gray Street Alternate: Kaysle Ives 267-6931
5.) Lenox/Kendall Garden (922-948 Tremont at Lenox and Kendall) Elizabeth James 445-2985 105 Hammond Street
Alternate: Willie Mae Williams 427-8490 Lizzie 427-4049
6.) Dartmouth Street (29-31 Dartmouth between Montgomery & Warren) Mrs. Anderson Rogers 267-0969 25 Dartmouth Street Alternate: Rita Gallo 536-6461 72 Montgomery Street
November 4th Garden Clean-up Tool List
Site
Proiect
Needs
Rutland/Washington move woodchips;
dig tulip bulbs
6 pointed shovels 2 spading forks gloves/bags
Lenox/Kendall
general clean-up
2 shears 2 loppers 2 brooms 2 iron rakes 2 shovels gloves/bags
West Springfield
general clean-up
Warren/Clarendon
take down A-frame greenhouse, some clean-up
2 loppers
2 shears
3 grass whips
4 iron rakes
4 spading forks 1 shovel - flat 3 pointed shovels 1 broom gloves/bags
1 lopper 1 shears 1 broom gloves/bags
Worcester Street
general clean-up
3 iron rakes
3 pointed shovels
gloves/bags
Dartmouth Street
general clean-up
3 iron rakes
1 hedge clippers
2 loppers
2 hand saws gloves/bags
Sample: Volunteer Instruction Sheet
Worcester Street Community Garden: meeting Amos Willifuns at garden
Volunteers needed: 6 to 10
Tasks: general garden clean-up — weeding, raking, bagging, etc.
Directions to Site:
Public Transportation: Take *43 bus from Park Street station. It travels down Tremont Street into the South End. You want to get off at comer of Tremont and Mass. Ave. Walk back down Tremont two blocks to Worcester Street. Take a left on Worcester. Garden is on the left.
Driving: Limited metered street parking — best not to drive. Take Tremont Street past the Common, through the Theater District, and into the South End. Go several blocks down Tremont. Look for Worcester Street off to your right. Take it or next street, whichever you can (lots of one way streets around here) to the right. Garden is on Worcester Street just off Tremont.
Return Directions to City Year Office:
Public Transportation: Take *43 bxis back to Park Street station. To get to City Year office, take the Red Line T to South Station, walk down Atlantic past the Federal Reserve Building, emd take a right on Cor^jess. Walk down Congress over the Fort Point Channel, past Boston Tmi Party Museum, Children's Museum, etc. After the channel, go sibout four blocks and you will see Stillings Street on the left. Take a left and office is one btoilding down on the right.
I2El5dlie: Try taking Washington Street back into town. When you get to Kneeland/Stuart Street, take a right. This intersects Atlantic, and you want to take a left on Atlantic. Pass South Station and take a right on Congress St. Follow directions above from there.
Notes: Bus costs $.50 and you must have exact change. It runs every fifteen minutes both going and coming.
If yotor contact person is not at the garden when you get there, just wait! He or she may just be little late.
Record of Land Trust Update Meeting and Potluck Dinner
All South End /Lower Roxbury Community Gardeners and Neighbors Interested in Open Space are invited to a
South End Open Space Land Trust Update and Open House
Tuesday, December 12, 1989
4:00 to 8:00 p.m.
United South End Settlements
566 Columbus Avenue
You're invited to:
• A pot luck buffet;
• Look over plans for South End /Lower Roxbury garden improvements;
• Hear how the legal side of the land trust is progressing;
• Meet other people in the neighborhood who will be part of this exdting new land trust membership;
• Talk to BRA representatives about why you want to preserve your garden.
There will be a brief progress report on the work completed during the past five months on plans for the new South End /Lower Roxbury Neighborhood Open" Space Land Trust and the work re- maining in the upcoming year both at 4:30 and 7:00 p.m.
Please come and bring a dish to share! (We'll provide the beverages)
Your participation is vital to plan for the transfer of land owner- ship from the BRA to the neighborhood through the South End Open Space Land Trust. Join this process to preserve South End/ Lower Roxbury community gardens and neighborhood open spaces forever.
Progress Report
on the proposed South End/Lovrer Roxbury Open Space Land Trust
December 12, 1989
4:00 Coffee
4:30 Progress Reports
♦ Welcome suid Introduction
♦ Report on Land Trust's Legal Committee's Work
♦ Report on Land Trust's Garden Improvements Committee's Work
♦ Report on Individued Geurden Improvement Plans 5:30 Buffet Dinner and Informal Discussion
7:00 Progress Reports (repeat of 4:30 presentations)
Happy Holidays
SOME ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT THE LAND TRUST
1.) How can we best preserve the community gardens in the South End and Lower Roxbury?
Form the South End /Lower Roxbury Open Space Land Trust, as proposed by the BRA'S Director.
2.) What is an open space land trust?
An open space land trust is an organization which is empowered to own, maintain and conserve open space as a resource for present and future generations. Land that is deeded as part of the land trust will be restricted for use as open space and cannot be sold or developed.
3.) What exactly will the South End/Lower Roxbury Open Space Land Trust be?
It will be a community-based organization dedicated to providing open space and gardening opportunities for South End and Lower Roxbury residents.
4.) How will the land trust be run?
The land trust will be run by a volunteer Board of Directors made up of South End/Lower Roxbury residents, green space users and gardeners. Each community garden member and open space user involved with the land trust will elect someone to represent him/her on the Board. Other residents of the neighborhood interested in the land trust could also serve on its Board.
5.) What will the Land Trust do?
The Land Trust will be responsible for working with each garden or open space in its trust to make garden improvements, keep up maintenance of the gardens and open spaces, and organize annual clean-ups, work days, and neighborhood-wide celebrations. Each garden group will continue to be most responsible for themselves.
6.) What will the Board of Directors do?
The Board will be responsible for fundraising and managing the land trust's finances, keeping track of membership, recruiting new members, working on public relations, and generally ensuring that the Land Trust is serving the community and fulfilling the purposes for which it was founded.
7.) How will the land trust help me as a South End/Lower Roxbury gardener or resident?
A strong neighborhood land trust will enable you to keep enjoying open space in your neighborhood for years to come. It will help with emergency maintenance problems, with fundraising for major improvements, and with bulk purchases of tools and plants. The land trust will help to improve the South End /Lower Roxbury open spaces and gardens, bringing gardeners and friends of open space together to work for the common good.
General Maintenance Strategy
I. MAINTENANCE STANDARDS
The Land Trust will develop maintenance "standards" with the participation of all gardens and as many gardeners as possible for submission, review, amendment and approval by the Board of Directors of the Land Trust.
The standards will relate to such issues as:
A.) Streetside edges (Example: Weeds should be removed, beds mulched and, if feasible, flowers planted for the enjoyment of non-gardening neighbors and passersby and to block auto emissions. The garden-edge could be assigned as a separate plot for people interested in maintaining an ornamental annual and perennial border);
B.) Common paths (Example: Weeds should be removed and paths mulched, paved, or otherwise made neat and safe);
C.) Individual beds (Example: Gardeners should remove weeds before they go to seed; plots allocated but not planted by June 1 can be reallocated by the elected coordinator to someone on a waiting list, unless the coordinator is notified and a credible reason for delay explained; plots planted but not cultivated, weeded or otherwise cared for by July 1 may be reallocated to someone on a waiting list);
D.) Annual clean-ups (Example: Two annual clean-ups will be held, one in the spring to clean up winter trash and prepare the garden for the new growing season, and one in the fall to remove temporary fences and structures, compost or remove organic debris and prepare the garden for winter viewing by neighbors and passersby);
E.) Annual work days, if necessary (Example: A work day will be organized by each garden, perhaps with the involvement of gardeners from other sites or other volunteers, to address tasks such as fence and path improvements, the mulching of flower and shrub beds, painting garden fumitiu"e and gazebos as necessary, etc. This could be combined with an annual barbecue/pot luck lunch or supper, etc.);
F.) Plant-ins and training workshops (Example: The Land Trust could organize bulk bulb and perennial purchases, community bulb plantings, plant swaps, etc.);
G.) Maintenance Supervisors (Example: Each garden could elect a Maintenance Supervisor as well as a Coordinator and Board representative at its regular election, perhaps every two years. The Maintenance Supervisors would join together to form a Maintenance Committee for the Land Trust, and work together to organize garden clean-ups, bulk purchases, work days, plant-ins, etc. They would help the Coordinator with some of the on-site burdens of clean-up and beautification, participate in special training sessions about pruning, mulching, etc., which could then be gradually passed along to the other gardeners over the growing season.
n. MAINTENANCE RELATIONSHIPS
The South End/Lower Roxbury Open Space Land Trust Maintenance Committee will enter into agreements with public agencies and community groups to enhance its capacity to maintain the gardens.
Examples of agencies or groups which the South End Neighborhood Open Space Land Trust could have ongoing agreements and working relationships with are:
A.) The Boston Parks and Recreation Department for scheduled pick-up of bagged trash and debris, at least three times per growing season (once after each clean-up and once after each work day, at a minimum), and for an annual arrangement for leaf mold compost and wood chips in conjunction with the city's new leaf composting program or from the Forest Hills Cemetery. (If possible, the Parks Department will initiate a direct line to the Community Garden Liaison to facilitate these kinds of agreements);
B.) A fence contractor, with a pre-arranged hourly rate, for emergency repairs beyond the scope that an individual gardener or garden group might be expected to handle;
C.) Suppliers, such as arborists. of mulching materials and wood chips, in addition to the agreement with the Boston Parks and Recreation Department;
D.) A plumber, with a pre-arranged hourly rate, for emergency repairs beyond the scope that an individual gardener or garden group could reasonably be expected to handle;
E.) A carpenter with a pre-arranged hourly rate (see above);
F.) Someone who could rotorill individual garden plots or whole gardens as needed and desired. (This could be a small business for a gardener, who could rototiU individual plots for a fee, or make agreements with individual garden groups to rototill an entire garden for a flat fee);
G.) Technical assistance and education groups and agencies such as the Suffolk County Extension Service, the Southwest Corridor Community Farm, Boston Urban Gardeners, Roxbury Community College, the Arnold Arboretum and the Massachusetts Horticulttiral Society.
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Gardener's Agreement
(Please read ail rules before signing up) ALL MEMBERS AGREE:
1. To pay yearly non-refundable membership fee. agreed to be , to pay for^
2. To come to garden meetings and participate in a Spring clean-up and a Fall clean-up.
3. Each person or family is responsible for one plot in the garden. If this plot is not maintained for a month, someone else will be allowed to garden on it.
4. If you leave for a vacation and want someone else to take over your plot while you are gone, give written permission to the garden coordinator,
5. The garden is for families to grow food on. Children who have plots in the garden must ask their mother or father or an adult in the garden to agree to come out for at least an hour a week to help out with supervision.
6. No pets are allowed in the garden.
7. If anyone is caught taking someone else's vegetables or destroying someone else's property, that person will have to give up his or her garden plot immediately.
8. Noone is allowed in the garden after dark.
9. Members agree to respect all other gardeners and not trespass upon other garden plots.
10. Members agree to remove and throw away all trash and arrange for it to be put out on trash day.
MEMBERSHIP FORM
NAME
FAMILY SIZE AGES IN FAMILY
(Grcle age of main gardener in family) PHONE NUMBER ^GARDEN PLOT *
SIGNATURE
PARENTS SIGNATURE (For children under 18)
(Date;)
APPLICATION
Application for a single plot ( ) , double plot ( ) in the
___. Single plot size is approximately 9' x 15'.
Number of individuals being fed by the plot:
Number of years of gardening experience:
I understand that I must comply with the following guidelines in order to keep my plot for the following garden season:
1. Maintain a neat garden, keeping garden area and surrounding paths free from overgrown weeds.
2. Remove all unsightly piles of rocks or stones or other forms of litter into trash barrels. Waste vegetable matter shall be placed in compost bins.
3. Harvest all produce when it has reached maturity (or arrange to have it harvested to deter vandalism) .
4. Remove all plants when they have ceased to bear.
5. Maintain garden consistently throughout the growing season, and arrange that care shall be taken should extended absences arise, such as vaca- tions.
6. Comply fully with all Federal and State laws and regulations regarding the use of pesticides and other chemicals.
7. Respect all other gardener areas and not trespass upon other garden plots.
8. Participate in the vandal watch and report incidents of vandalism to the garden coordinator, and get to know fellow gardeners.
9. Make concerted efforts to conserve water by turning off faucet after watering garden.
10. Cars will not be allowed past black-top area.
Signature Address*
Telephone (home) (work)
* Please report any change of address to garden coordinator
Original to garden file Copy to gardener
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Welcome to the garden. This land is
owned by -, . Plots are assigned on a
space-available basis. Anyone may apply. For information
contact : . All garden members are expected to
share the following responsibilities:
1. Participate in spring and fall garden cleanups.
2. Plant your plot by June 1 or lose it.
3. Keep your plot clean and help maintain common areas, paths and fencelines.
4. Conserve water, don't waste it.
5. Avoid chemical pesticides.
6. No herbicides.
7. Prepare you plot for winter by November 30. Clean up. Protect your soil from erosion.
8. No pets in the garden.
9. Children must be supervised in the garden.
10. Discourage theft: Harvest regularly; don't pick from your neighbor's plot.
GARDENING HERE IS A PRIVILEGE.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF GARDENING RULES
I,
NAME
ADDRESS
TELEPHONE NO.
have received, read, understood, and agree to abide by the rules set forth for gardening. I also understcind that any violation or violations of the rules, is grounds for forfeiture of my garden plot.
SIGNED,
Capital Improvements and Fundraising Strategy
I. MAINTENANCE FUNDRAISING
A general Emergency and Maintenance Fund would be set up consisting of an interest-bearing endowment, a contribution from annual membership fees, and the proceeds of special neighborhood fundraisers. This money could be used to help individual sites with emergency situations and repairs as necessary and could also be used to assist with occasional special purchases for all gardens, such as tools and beautification plantings.
A.) Endowment fund (Example: If approved by the Board of Directors of the Land Trust and the BRA, a minor portion, perhaps $25,000, of the PRUPAC public benefits contribution could be set up as an endowment contributing interest to the emergency maintenance fund.)
B.) Membership dues (Example: $3 out of the $5 Land Trust membership dues from each gardener would go into the Land Trust's "emergency and maintenance fund," and $2 would go into the Land Trust's general operations account. Additional funds raised from plot fees on each garden would go into each gardens' own maintenance account)
C.) Garden fundraisers (Example: The Land Trust as a whole might hold occasional neighborhood-wide fundraisers and special events to contribute to the general maintenance and emergency fund. An individual garden group could also raise funds for its maintenance account through special sales and local neighborhood fundraisers. Amounts over $500 collected or raised by individual garden groups would be deposited in that garden's account at the Land Trust).
n. CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS FUNDRAISING
A.) The Land Trust would implement a phased plan of capital improvements for all gardens based on the immediate needs of gardens and planned design improvements, as approved by the Land Trust's Board of Directors and the BRA.
B.) Grant and donation fundraising initiatives from the Land Trust as a whole would begin to implement the agreed on phased program of capital improvements. Requests for support could be submitted to such entities as corporate foundations, banks, businesses, and individuals, using the Land Trust's tax-exempt status to offer tax-deductibility to donors. Larger Boston-based and national foundations, the Browne Fund and the City of Boston's Public Facilities Department's Grassroots Program would also be appropriate places to seek funding for certain capital improvements projects.
C.) A portion of the PRUPAC public benefits contribution could, if approved bv the Board of Directors of the Land Trust and the Board of the BRA, be allocated toward those general capital improvements which are a) high priorities in terms of increasing garden productivity and food production, especially for gardeners on low or fixed incomes; and b) high priorities in terms of creating a positive aesthetic impact on the surrounding neighborhood.
D.) The Land Trust might hold one or several neighborhood-wide fundraising events annually which would also promote general membership and support its basic purposes, such as a "garden party," bulk purchases of plants, tools and bulbs, the sale of special crops and flowers, and so on.
E.) Grants and maior donations could be applied for on behalf of an individual garden using the Land Trust's 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status if approved by the Board of Directors. Grants could be applied for firom major Boston-based foundations (i.e., the Jessie B. Cox Charitable Trust, the Parker Foundation, the Riley Foundation, the Godfrey M. and Sarah Hyams Trusts, the Boston Foundation, the Peabody Trust, and others), the Small Grants Program of the Boston Foundation, the City of Boston Trust Office's Edward IngersoU Browne Fund, the Henderson Fund, the City of Boston's Public Facilities Department's Grassroots Program, and the National Endowment for the Arts and Humanities).
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Design Improvements Strategy
Participatory Design Process
Boston Urban Gardeners' experience over the past thirteen years in the low and moderate income neighborhoods of Boston has shown tliat making the design process accessible to local residents and leaders is essential to the productivity and maintenance of public open space. Although six of the eight tentatively designated parcels of land in the South End/Lower Roxbury area had been gardened or used as passive outdoor space for many years, all were in the market for improvements, from the bare bones installation of water systems to the more aesthetic consideration of arbors, flower borders, and signage. Boston Urban Gardeners was charged with undertaking a design and capital improvements process with the constituents of each open space which would result in schematic plans and suggested landscape improvements for each site. Boston Urban Gardeners' staff landscape architect worked-on all of the tentatively designated sites, with the exception of Parcel 33-B, which was fortunate in having the services of its own landscape architect (and future gardener) Kevin Koemer.
Before meeting with the gardeners and neighbors of each open space, the landscape architecture staff of Boston Urban Gardeners reviewed the maps and written materials we had collected on each site. The staff visited each open space to get an idea of what was possible given the current site conditions and measured each parcel in order to make an accurate base map. Each garden coordinator or set of neighbors was then contacted about setting up a meeting for the constituents of each space. The smaller groups preferred to organize and publicize the meeting themselves, while we assisted the larger community garden groups by producing and mailing a letter and flyer to their membership explaining the upcoming process and inviting them to a garden meeting.
The Framework for Design
The garden-by- garden meetings familiarized South End open space users with the land trust concept and the responsibilities and benefits of the trust on their particular space. Many gardeners and neighbors had not attended the informational meetings held in August and September, so the design meetings were a time to learn about the ongoing community process and for us to encourage involvement in the formation of the trust. A discussion of possible landscape improvements was the focus of each meeting. Boston Urban Gardeners presented ideas and options through slides and informal discussion. The opportunity to hear what the gardeners and open space users wanted and their thoughts for long-term garden permanence and low maintenance landscaping provided the framework for the design process.
Schematic Designs and Improvements
With the information gathered at the meetings, Boston Urban Gardeners began to design a schematic plan and compile a suggested list of improvements for each site which attempt to incorporate the majority of the suggestions of the open space users. The plans were refined as they progressed; several phone calls to garden users and site visits to re- evaluate the feasibility of certain ideas were necessary. At the land trust update meeting in December, these plans and suggestions were posted on large boards for all the open space users to review. Feedback from gardeners and neighbors was incorporated into the final designs and suggested improvements included in this report.
Location Map, Schematic Design,
Physical Site Improvement Strategy
and Membership List
for Individual Sites
Dartmouth Street Community Park
Dartmouth Street Community Park
Proposed Garden Improvements
• Develop seating area at back of garden;
• Enhance existing planting with more deciduous and evergreen shrubs, ground covers and bulbs;
• Develop an environmental educational link with students at the Mackey School. (Students could assist with planting projects and garden maintenance, install labels with botanical plant names, etc.);
• Install edging for gravel pathway;
• Install front and back gates. Front gate should be iron to match existing front fence. The gates could be specially made to reflect the site's proximity to the Mackey School ~ with perhaps a children's motif as public art.
Funding Strategy
• The Mackey School should apply for a Small Grant from the Boston Foundation for planning and design.
• Establish a formal "Friends" group which can coordinate fundraising in the neighborhood, work with the Mackey School, and conduct "Plant-In" Workshops.
• Apply to the Browne Fund for funds for public art piece in the design of the iron gates.
• Join with other South EndTLower Roxbury gardens to apply to the National Endowment for the Arts for a grant to fund physical site improvements to the gardens in the form of cultural and neighborhood expression, public and environmental art.
Dartmouth Street Community Park
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Contact List: Dartmouth Street Community Park
Mary Atkins
26 Dartmouth Street
Boston, MA 02116
267-7454
Rita Gallo
72 Montgomery Street Boston, MA 021 16 536-6901 (h); 247-0166 (w)
Evelyn Kimber
24 Dartmouth Street Boston, MA 02116 424-8846
Anderson and Gloria Rogers
25 Dartmouth Street Boston, MA 02116 267-0969
Julianne Shelze 14 Dartmouth Street Boston, MA 021 16 424-9060
Gazebo Garden Rutland and Washington Streets
Gazebo Garden: Rutland and Washington Streets
Proposed Garden Improvements
• Improve perennial and annual border along perimeter of site;
• Create common herb beds and raised planters accessible to handicapped gardeners around gazebo;
• Develop common strawberry and herb beds and composting area;
• Install grape arbor and common gathering/delivery area;
• Improve pathways;
• Install metal fence with granite curb.
Funding Strategy
• Apply for a Small Grant from the Boston Foundation for planning and design.
• Coordinate design and fundraising with developers of adjacent site.
• If sufficient funds for garden improvements cannot be made available as part of the development process, apply for a Grassroots Grant from the Public Facilities Department.
• Join with other South End/Lower Roxbury gardens to apply to the National Endowment for the Arts for a grant to fund physical site improvements to the gardens in the form of cultural and neighborhood expression, public and environmental art.
Gazebo Garden: Rutland and Washington Streets
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Membership List: Gazebo Garden Rutland and Washington Streets
John B. Attebeny 453 Shawmut Avenue Boston, MA 02118 247-3168
Richard Bacon 22 Rutland Street Boston, MA 02118
262-4417
Carmen Barrientos 17 A San Juan Street Boston, MA 02118 536-6486
Deborah Benson & David Killam 427 Shawmut Avenue Boston, MA 02118 262-2739
Liz Boyle & Kim Walter 468 Massachusetts Aveneu Boston, MA 021 18
Jane & Chris Brayton 3 Haven Street Boston, MA 02118 262-1718
Sharon Brostrum 37 Rutland Square Boston, MA 02118 864-6340
Patricia Bruno
449 Shawmut Avenue #4
Boston, MA 02118
437-0074
Brent Bryner 14 Holyoke Street Boston, MA 021 16 266-9192
Grace & Margaret Chung 11 E. Newton Street Boston, MA 02118 353-7456
Agnes Crenshaw 11 E. Newton Street Boston, MA 021 18
George Crombie 5 Bradford Street Boston, MA 021 18 423-1534
Inez Dozier
11 E. Newton Street #201
Boston, MA 02118
262-2285
Jenny Dutcher
674 Massachusetts Avenue #1
Boston, MA 021 18
522-1448
Kenny Gill
453 Shawmut Avenue
Boston, MA 02118
266-2294
Maria Perez Gray 19A San Juan Street Boston, MA 021 18 262-6294
Jeff Gray/Karen Rheinlande 155 W. Concord Street Boston, MA 021 18
Rob Gray
155 W.Concord Street
Boston, MA 021 18
536-5274
Patricia Hansard 2 Haven Street Boston, MA 02118 266-5903
Gavin Hilgemeier 1 14 W. Concord Street Boston, MA 02118 262-9665
Fannie Howard •
11 E.Newton Street #304
Boston, MA 02118
262-6457
Peter Karl
208 W. Springfield Street
Boston, MA 021 18
Josephine Kfoury 38 W. Newton Street Boston, MA 02118 262-6673
Bob & Randy Lathrop 5 Haven Street Boston, MA 02118 266-6941
Robert J. Mahon/David E. 530 Massachusetts Avenue #2 Boston, MA 021 18
Joan Miller
89 Union Park Boston, MA 02118 482-7574
Tony Millet P. O. Box 19 Boston, MA 02120
427-4887
Pat Pettiford
465 Columbus Avenue, Apt. 601
Boston, MA 02116
Pauline Rathers
1 1 E. Newton Street #303
Boston, MA 02118
266-8447
Lavania Radey
90 W. Newton Street Boston, MA 021 18 536-6745
Terry Reed
1701 Washington Street #610
Boston, MA 02118
262-5086
Jon "Celo" Romen P. O. Box 455 Boston, MA 02118 423-1640
Migdalia Alicea-Rosado 28 Rudand Street #1 Boston, MA 02118 735-4396
Angelo Sanchez 18 W. Brookline Street Boston, MA 02118 482-3599
Jim & Mary Scaringe 448 Shawmut Avenue #2 Boston, MA 02118
247-2825
Hector Serrano 38 W. Newton Street Boston, MA 021 18 424-4313
Maximinio Sindo 635 Tremont Street Boston, MA 02118 247-0539
**Eleanor M. Strong 164 W. Brookline Street Boston, MA 021 18 262-6438
Anna Thall
791 Tremont Street W 113
Boston, MA 021 18
536-5761
Chris Tundel/Ralph LaSalle 61 Rudand Street Boston, MA 02118 424-8808
Georgetta Wallace 1 1 E. Newton Street Boston, MA 02118 266-9364
David Westebbe 41 W. Newton Street Boston, MA 02118 437-7643
Joyce Weston 63 Rutland Street Boston, MA 02118 536-9330
Wilkerson
125 Homestead Street
Boston, MA 02118
442-5967
Melvin Wright 11 E. Newton Street Boston, MA 021 18 267-2017
Ira Ziering
448 Shawmut Avenue #3
Boston, MA 02118
424-9251
Lenox/Kendall Community Garden
Lenox/Kendall Community Garden
Proposed Garden Improvements
Create perimeter path around garden to enable easier niaintenance of shrub and flower border,
Create arbor seats from existing arbors. Install along garden border and install roses and vines to climb arbor,
Possibly develop site for public garden art in area of garden entrance;
Stain or paint gazebo and plant climbing roses and annual vines for center uprights;
Improve garden paths and regularize size of garden beds.
Funding Strategy
Apply for a Small Grant from the Boston Foundation for proposed garden improvements.
Use a small portion of the interest from endowment funds annually to make incremental improvements to the site as proposed.
Coordinate an annual "garden party/barbecue" fundraiser with the other gardens in Lower Roxbury for small garden improvements and a general maintenance fund.
Join with other South End/Lower Roxbury gardens to apply to the National Endowment for the Arts for a grant to fund physical site improvements to the gardens in the form of cultural and neighborhood expression, public and environmental art.
Lenox/Kendall Community Garden
Membership List: Lenox/Kendall Community Garden
Lillian Bowens 617 Shawmut Avenue Roxbury, MA 02119 427-0687
Julia Brown 65 New Whitney Street Boston, MA 021 15 438-4503 .
Mary E. Cooks
751 Shawmut Avenue
Roxbury, MA 021 19
Shirley Corciane 17 Lattimore Court Roxbury, MA 02118 442-5994
Johnnie Cuncia 1 1 Whiting Street Roxbury, MA 02119
445-2511
Wesley Francis 10 Hammond Street Roxbury, MA 021 19 442-1385
Rosa Gonzalez 105 Hammond Street Roxbury, MA 02120 445-1380
Joe Gross
1 17 Dewitt Court
Roxbury, MA 02119
445-3150
Alman Harris 971 Tremont Street Roxbury, MA 02120
442-4515
Lizzie Hill
971 Tremont Street
Roxbury, MA 02120
427-4049
Maijorie Hill 9 Ditmus Court Roxbury, MA 02118
427-3221
**Elizabeth James 105 Hammond Street Roxbury, MA 02120 445-2985
William Jamison 21 Concord Square Boston, MA 02118
Oscar R. Jenkins 1 1 Calder Street Dorchester, MA 02124 436-0759
Johnnie Jane 3 Warwick Street Roxbury, MA 02120
Gladette Mitchell 58 Sefton Street Mattapan, MA 02126 364-5973
Phillip MitcheU 1 Trotter Court Roxbury, MA 021 19 427-0749
Charles Peterson 95 Millet Street Dorchester, MA 02124
Sonny Wilds 10 Ditmus Court Roxbury, MA 021 18
Amos and Betty Williams 771 Tremont Street Boston, MA 02118 266-8058
Willie WiUiams 141B. Lenox Street Roxbury, MA 02118 427-8490
Parcel 33-B Northampton between Washington Street and Harrison
Avenue
Parcel 33-B: Northampton between Washington Street and Harrison Avenue
Garden Improvements
• Develop community garden on vacant lot according to neighborhood-approved plans and design;
• Include perimeter perennial and annual flower border;
• Include garden structure as focal point in the garden.
Funding Strategy
Apply for a Grassroots Grant fix)m the Boston Public Facilities Department.
Join with other South End/Lower Roxbury gardens to apply to the National Endowment for the Arts for a grant to fund physical site improvements to the gardens in the form of cultural and neighborhood expression, public and environmental art
Parcel 33-B: Northampton between Washington Street and Harrison Avenue
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Contact List: Parcel 33-B
Dan DeSantis
677 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston, MA 02118
427-1324
Kevin Koemer (Landscape Architect) 683 Massachusetts Avenue Boston, MA 02118 427-3593
Eleanor Strong
164 W. Brookline Street
Boston, MA 021 18
262-6438
Tenants' Development Corporation Community Garden West Springfield Street
Tenants' Development Corporation Community Garden: West Springfield Street
Proposed Garden Improvements
Develop central pathway with flower borders and rose arbor;
Create raised beds using slope of land toward middle of garden. Beds could be used by handicapped gardeners;
Install delivery gate and delivery area;
Expand front perennial and rose border.
Regularize size of garden beds;
Install metal picket or iron fence in granite curbing along street edge.
Funding Strategy
• Apply for a Grassroots Grant from the Boston Public Facilities Department.
• Join with other South End/Lower Roxbury gardens to apply to the National Endowment for the Arts for a grant to fund physical site improvements to the gardens in the form of cultural and neighborhood expression, public and environmental art.
Tenants' Development Corporation Community Garden: West Springfield Street
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Membership List: Tenants' Development Corporation Community Garden West Springfield Street
Charlotte Ammons
556 Massachusetts Avenue #B2
Boston, MA 021 18
Harris L. Davis
692 Massachusetts Avenue #B1
Boston, MA 021 18
Bertha Foster
560 Massachusetts Avenue #2
Boston, MA 02118
Tiny Gamble
696 Massachusetts Avenue #1
Boston, MA 02118
Zeleiku Jamal
623 Massachusetts Avenue #1
Boston, MA 021 18
Mary Leukscale
574 Massachusetts Avenue #6
Boston, MA 02118
Freddie Lewis
696 Massachusetts Avenue #B1
Boston, MA 02118
**Mary Longley
498 Columbus Avenue #4
Boston, MA 02118
267-0838
Dorothy Moore
423 Massachusetts Avenue #1
Boston, MA 02118
Hassan Parham 30 Greenwick Park Boston, MA 021 18
May Robert
96 West Springfield Street #1
Boston, MA 02118
Esseleen Sailsman
574 Massachusetts Avenue #4
Boston, MA 021 18
Larkie Spencer
457 Massachusetts Avenue #3
Boston, MA 021 18
Ivy Toale
574 Massachusetts Avenue #2
Boston, MA 021 18
Bettye Wilson
498 Columbus Avenue
Boston, MA 021 18
Charles Worthy
23 Willington Street #4
Boston, MA 021 18
Charles Worthy Sr. 89 Worcester Street #1 Boston, MA 021 18
Warren Garden Warren Avenue and Clarendon Street
Warren Garden: Warren Avenue and Clarendon Street
Proposed Garden Improvements
Install permanent water system;
Install trellis/arbor along wall edge, creating area for small gatherings and water.
Develop common herb beds with espaliered fruit trees against back wall;
Create new garden beds in area left after greenhouse removed;
Create nice "front yard" effect on Qarendon Street edge;
Repair or replace retaining wall at alley edge;
Improve pathways;
Install iron or metal picket fence with granite curb.
Funding Strategy
• Hold neighborhood "garden party" fundraiser for site improvements.
• Apply for a Small Grant from the Boston Foundation as the core of a fundraising effort for the new fence.
• Join with other gardens to apply to the National Endowment for the Arts for a grant to fund physical site improvements to the gardens in the form of cultural and neighborhood expression, public and environmental art.
Warren Garden: Warren Avenue and Clarendon Street
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Membership List: Warren Garden Warren Avenue and Clarendon Street
Trudy Duffy 57 Grey Street Boston, MA 021 16 542-3965
Helen Gore 35 Grey Street Boston, MA 021 16
426-5457
Kaysie Ives
1 Dartmouth Place
Boston, MA 021 16
267-6931
Seth Kilgore 130 Appleton Street Boston, MA 021 16 267-6541
Jan Knoefel
121 Warren Avenue
Boston, MA 02116
437-7539
Bob Larson 423-0760
Doug Simpson 120 Chandler Street Boston, MA 021 16 247-0679
**Mark Thivierge 102 Warren Avenue Boston, MA 02116 266-7169
Wellington Green Wellington Street and Columbus
Avenue
Wellington Green: Wellington Street and Columbus Avenue
Proposed Garden Improvements
• Develop vacant parcel into a community park;
• Use pan of the site for play area for small children;
• Possibly create seating area with chess/checker tables at comer of Columbus and Wellington;
• Alternative or addition to passive area might include development of horseshoe pitch (site was formerly used for horseshoes);
• Possibly create shade garden along walled edge of site;
• Solicit proposals for functional public art pieces as part of park furnishings.
Funding Strategy
• Establish a formal "Friends" group which can coordinate fundraising in the neighborhood.
• Apply to the Browne Fund for special features and public art.
• Join with other gardens to apply to the National Endowment for the Arts for a grant to fund physical site improvements to the gardens in the form of cultural and neighborhood expression, public and environmental art.
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Contact List: Wellington Green Wellington Street and Columbus Avenue
Robert Comazzi
16 Wellington Street #5
Boston, MA 02118
Mike DiCaprio 20 Wellington Street Boston, MA 021 18 266-7742
Cynthia Wilson Gatin 5 Claremont Park Boston, MA 02118 262-5165
Betsy Johnson
1 1 1/2 Greenwich Park
Boston, MA 02118
536-1711
Helen Bohn Jordan 22 Wellington Street Boston, MA 02118 267-6356(h); 266-4430 (w)
Nancy Kafka 13 Wellington Street Boston, MA 021 18 266-1033 (h); 536-1888 (w)
Elsbeth Knott
411 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston, MA 021 18
247-2292
Jennifer Riley
2 Wellington Street #3
Boston, MA 02118
Worcester Street Community Garden
Worcester Street Community Garden
Proposed Garden Improvements
Install permanent water system;
Install new sign with covered notice board;
Consider improved lighting in some areas of the garden;
Improve hedge along back edge of garden, including ornamental trees and shrubs;
Repair perimeter fence. Install raised curb with fence to prohibit cars from damaging garden.
Funding Strategy
• Apply for a Small Grant from the Boston Foundation for minor garden improvements.
• Hold a neighborhood "garden party and barbecue" to raise funds for the new water system.
• Join with other gardens to apply to the National Endowment for the Arts for a grant to fund physical site improvements to the gardens in the form of cultural and neighborhood expression, public and environmental art.
Worcester Street Community Garden
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Lyn Ackerly
200 West Springfield Street
Boston, MA 02118
Richard & Mira Anderson 504 Massachusetts Avenue Boston, MA 02118
424-7923
Beatrice Beatty P. O. Box 865 Boston, MA 02123 536-8209
Laura Bergen
548 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston, MA 02118
424-6883
Lori Bosch
145 Worcester Street
Boston, MA 021 18
262-9391
John Boyd
755 Tremont Street
Boston, MA 02118
247-4050
Lillian Cain
168 West Springfield Street
Boston, MA 021 18
536-1672
Janet Carter
540 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston, MA 02118
266-1650
Paul Chinn
359 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston, MA 02118
266-7631
Margaret Connors 690 Tremont Street Boston, MA 02118 247-4967
Susan Cronin
5 Sayward Place
South Boston, MA 02227
269-1344
Gilane Cross 725 Tremont Street Boston, MA 02118 262-1495
Cliff Curry
166 West Springfield Street
Boston, MA 02118
266-5015
Ethel DeLoach
573 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston, MA 021 18
267-6488
Michael DiCaprio 20 Wellington Street Boston, MA 021 18 266-7742
Frank Dunn
198 West Springfield Street
Boston, MA 02118
262-3861
Bobby Dyer
754 Tremont Street
Boston, MA 021 18
Thomas H. Ford HI and Family 16 Holyoke Street Boston, MA 021 18 262-1249
Dottie Fordham 617 Harrison Avenue Boston, MA 02118 457-6697
Evelyn Gee
7 Wellington Street
Boston, MA 02118
536-0325
James Harris Home Hardware 671 Tremont Street Boston, MA 021 18
Angel Henderson 725 Tremont Street Boston, MA 021 18 427-0267
Barbara Hoffman
199 West Springfield Street
Boston, MA 021 18
536-7551
Lucille King 755 Tremont Street Boston, MA 02118 353-0729
Willie Lambert 755 Tremont Street Boston, MA 02118 262-0627
Susan Lein
86 Worcester Street #6
Boston, MA 021 18
266-5119
L C. Horn
767 Tremont Street
Boston, MA 02118
Nancy Howard
197 West Springfield Street
Boston, MA 02118
267-3671
Rosalie Howard 755 Tremont Street Boston, MA 02118 267-8664
Larry Hutton
10 Ditmus Court #140
Boston, MA 021 18
445-5365
Loma Lou Jackson 755 Tremont Street Boston, MA 02118 262-5995
Steve Jacqua
690 Tremont Street
Boston, MA 021 18
247-4967
James Nicholas 599 Columbus Avenue Boston, MA 02118 787-5880 (w)
Amos Jones
162 Harvard Street
Dorchester, MA 02124
436-0462
Wilfred Lyte 267-3072
**Douglas MacElroy 20 Wellington Street Boston, MA 021 18 266-6732
John and Kirsten MacLean 548 Massachusetts Avenue Boston, MA 02118 262-1420
Donald and Yvonne McManus 129 West Concord Street Boston, MA 021 18 262-3072
Claudia Milton
612 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston, MA 02118
262-9137
Nancy Mitchell
30 West Concord Square
Boston, MA 02118
267-0148
Rudy and Sara Mitchell 241 Northhampton Street Boston, MA 021 18 267-9194 (h); 262-4567 (w)
Catherine Mobeley 3 Howland Street Roxbury, MA 02121 427-6860
Ian Norris
544 Columbus Avenue #3
Boston, MA 021 18
267-3474
Kenneth Tennity 20 Wellington Street Boston, MA 021 18
266-7742
Almisha Readdy
129 West Concord Street
Boston, MA 02118
262-8572
John H. Thompson
193 West Springfield Street
Boston, MA 02118
266-0675
**Norma Readdy 140 Worcester Street Boston, MA 02118 266-6895
Tsuya Truitt 3 Wellington Street Boston, MA 02118 267-7229
Renee Readdy
129 West Concord Street
Boston, MA 02118
267-3321
Neal Rzepkowski 29-33 Wellington Street Boston, MA 02118 267-6849
Natalie Sandiford 428 Columbia Road Boston, MA 02125 436-4813
Lillian Saunders Howard Sadler 208 West Springfield Street Boston, MA 02118
Sadie Savage
70 St. Botolph Street
Boston, MA 021 16
536-2021
Kenny Shaw 725 Tremont Street Boston, MA 02118 247-2408
Mabel Smith 24 Claremont Park Boston, MA 021 18 267-1051
Janie Wallace
168 West Springfield Street
Boston, MA 02118
Lilla Warren
159 West Springfield Street
Boston, MA 021 18
266-7930
Agnes Washington 536-7821
Leila Waters
144 Worcester Street
Boston, MA 021 18
266-0796
Amos and Betty Williams 771 Tremont Street Boston, MA 02118 266-8058
Thelma and Tom Williams 208 West Springfield Street Boston, MA 021 18 267-7546
Claude Wright 518 Columbus Avenue Boston, MA 02118 247-4011
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